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Vancouver Writers Fest
Granville Island, Vancouver
Vancouver Writers Fest is an annual October book festival centred on Granville Island, with author conversations, readings, poetry nights, masterclasses and children's sessions spread across several theatres. The 2026 edition runs from 18 to 25 October, with a few extra special evenings at larger downtown halls, and mixes Canadian and international writers.
Coming up
They played here
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Oct 25 · 3:30 PM
The Afternoon Tea
Anita Rau Badami · Patricia Finn · Melissa Harrison · Nazanine Hozar · Bill Richardson · Eden Robinson ·…
$55 Tickets
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Oct 25 · 1:30 PM
Best of BC Mysteries
Roz Nay · Iona Whishaw · Sam Wiebe · Robert Wiersema
$28 Tickets
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Oct 25 · 1:30 PM
Women's Voices from Europe
Camille de Peretti · Petra Hůlová · Anna Ling Kaye · Carolina Pihelgas
$28 Tickets
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Oct 25 · 1:30 PM
All Eyes on the North
L.E. Fox · Katłı̨̀ą · Patrick Lennox · David Moscrop
$28 Tickets
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Oct 25 · 10:30 AM
Food for Thought
Brian Goldman · Kathryn Gretsinger · Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho · Kirsten Johnson · Turi King · Justin McElroy · Jody…
$55 Tickets
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Oct 25 · 10:30 AM
The Conversations
Sharon Bala · Gary Barwin · Marsha Lederman · PP Wong
$28 Tickets
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Oct 25 · 10:30 AM
Keum Suk Gendry-Kim: My Friend Kim Jong Un
Keum Suk Gendry-Kim · Janet Hong
$28 Tickets
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Oct 24 · 8 PM
The Responsibility of War
Jamaluddin Aram · Sally Hayden · Nazanine Hozar · Minelle Mahtani
$28 Tickets
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Oct 24 · 5 PM
Beauty and Terror: Kevin Hardcastle and Zak Jones in Conversation
Kevin Hardcastle · Zak Jones
$28 Tickets
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Oct 24 · 1:30 PM
The Dating Game: Romance Novel Edition
Katrina Kwan · Danielle McKechnie · Joss Richard · Rachel Sargeant
$28 Tickets
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Oct 24 · 1:30 PM
Blending Genres
Elee Kraljii Gardiner · Camilla Gibb · Eric Beck Rubin · Anakana Schofield
$28 Tickets
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Oct 24 · 1:30 PM
Molly Crabapple on the Story of the Jewish Bund
Molly Crabapple · Peter Klein
$28 Tickets
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Oct 24 · 1:30 PM
Vancouver: A Field Guide
Steve Burgess · Christopher Cheung · Justin McElroy · Sam Wiebe
$28 Tickets
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Oct 24 · 10:30 AM
Poets in Conversation
Derek Beaulieu · Aislinn Hunter · Eve Joseph · Canisia Lubrin
$28 Tickets
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Oct 24 · 10:30 AM
Echoes of WWII: Resisting Fascism, Then and Now
Mark Braude · Jane Rogoyska · Robert Wiersema
$28 Tickets
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Oct 24 · 10:30 AM
Roundtable on Canadian Sovereignty
Andrew Coyne · Max Fawcett · Patrick Lennox · Carol Off
$28 Tickets
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Oct 23 · 8 PM
The Politics of Fiction
Geoffrey D. Morrison · David Moscrop · Lisa Robertson · Jordy Rosenberg
$28 Tickets
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Oct 23 · 7 PM
An Evening with the Scots: Douglas Stuart and Damian Barr
Damian Barr · Bill Richardson · Douglas Stuart
$28 Tickets
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Oct 23 · 8 PM
Dancing On My Own: Lyrics Night
Elamin Abdelmahmoud · Jordan Abel · Sharon Bala · Gary Barwin · Dina Del Bucchia · Aaron Cully Drake · Amal…
$45 Tickets
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Oct 23 · 5 PM
True Life Fiction
Shaena Lambert · Shani Mootoo · Eric Beck Rubin · Damien Wilkins
$28 Tickets
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Oct 23 · 5 PM
Icons of the Ice: Jennifer Botterill and Cassie Campbell-Pascall
Jennifer Botterill · Cassie Campbell-Pascall · Karin Larsen
$28 Tickets
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Oct 23 · 1 PM
Verses of Transformation
Jordan Abel · Gwen Aube · Camilla Gibb · Jess Housty · Canisia Lubrin · Shani Mootoo · Lisa Robertson
$28 Tickets
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Oct 23 · 1 PM
Repair and Revive
Arno Kopecky · Jason Dove Mark · Robert Moor · John Vaillant
$28 Tickets
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Oct 23 · 1 PM
Rollie Pemberton: Ways of Listening
Elamin Abdelmahmoud · Rollie Pemberton
$28 Tickets
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Oct 23 · 10 AM
Storytelling from the Edge of Reality
Michelle Cyca · Portia Elan · Angélique Lalonde
$28 Tickets
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Oct 23 · 10 AM
Good Reads
Catherine Chidgey · Amal El-Mohtar · Ferdia Lennon · Tara McGuire
$28 Tickets
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Oct 23 · 10 AM
Ece Temelkuran in Conversation with Commissioner Kasari Govender
Kasari Govender · Ece Temelkuran
Free Tickets
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Oct 22 · 8:30 PM
A Haunting of Novels
Kim Fu · Doretta Lau · Robert Wiersema · Daniel Zomparelli
$28 Tickets
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Oct 22 · 8:30 PM
The Poetry Bash
Jordan Abel · Gwen Aube · Elee Kraljii Gardiner · Jess Housty · Eve Joseph · Meghan Kemp-Gee · Canisia Lubrin…
$28 Tickets
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Oct 22 · 5:30 PM
Crime Time Conversations
Marian Botsford Fraser · Liz Nugent · Alex Spring AKA Jared Bland · William Wodhams
$28 Tickets
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Oct 22 · 5:30 PM
Kawai Strong Washburn in Conversation
Maria Reva · Kawai Strong Washburn
$28 Tickets
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Oct 22 · 5:30 PM
Kim Echlin: Storytelling for a World in Turmoil
Kim Echlin · Aislinn Hunter
$28 Tickets
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Oct 22 · 1 PM
So the Story Goes
Corinna Chong · Dina Del Bucchia · Amal El-Mohtar · Chanel Sutherland
$28 Tickets
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Oct 22 · 10:15 AM
Of Love and Lies
Tanya Boteju · Aaron Cully Drake · Ahmad Saber · Rachel Sargeant
$12 Tickets
